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Install espflash with Homebrew, Nix, pacman

Serial flasher utility for Espressif SoCs and modules based on esptool.py. Version 4.5.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-09. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#espflash.

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macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install espflash

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#espflash

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/es/espflash/package.nix · source: api.github.com

Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S espflash

Arch Linux sync databases · espflash · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

overview

Package summary

Serial flasher utility for Espressif SoCs and modules based on esptool.py

Commands and aliases

  • espflash

history

Project history and usage

espflash is a Rust ecosystem serial flasher for Espressif devices, described by its project as loosely based on esptool.py.

Project history

The project sits in the esp-rs organization and provides both `espflash` and a related `cargo-espflash` workflow for Rust-on-Espressif development.

Adoption history

Its adoption is tied to the Rust embedded Espressif community rather than to Espressif's official Python tooling. Homebrew, Nix, Pacman, crates.io, and the repository README make it discoverable as a package-manager and Cargo-installable flashing tool.

How it is used

The command-line tool flashes ELF-format applications, monitors serial output, prints board information, erases flash or regions, calculates checksums, and generates shell completions for Espressif chips.

Why package nerds care

For package nerds, espflash is interesting because it packages a Rust-native alternative around a workflow historically dominated by Python esptool.py, and because `cargo-espflash` makes flashing feel like part of the Rust build loop.

Timeline

  • 2020s: espflash grows with esp-rs as a Rust-oriented Espressif flashing utility.

Related projects

  • The project explicitly relates itself to esptool.py and ships alongside cargo-espflash for Cargo-integrated flashing.

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

  • narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

  • metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Linux
~/.config/espflash/espflash.toml~/.config/espflash/espflash_ports.toml
macOS
~/Library/Application Support/rs.esp.espflash/espflash.toml~/Library/Application Support/rs.esp.espflash/espflash_ports.toml
Unix
./espflash.toml./espflash_ports.toml
Windows
%APPDATA%\esp\espflash\espflash.toml%APPDATA%\esp\espflash\espflash_ports.toml

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
espflashexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-08-03
manager version4.5.0
manager updated2026-07-09
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:espflash
Version4.5.0
Package managerHomebrew
Homepagehttps://github.com/esp-rs/espflash
Repositoryhttps://github.com/esp-rs/espflash
Last updated2026-07-09T10:07:07Z
Pulseupdated
Bottlenot recorded
Servicenone declared

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Nix95%

espflash

nix profile install nixpkgs#espflash
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Espflash
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/es/espflash/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
pacman95%

espflash 4.5.0-1

Cargo subcommand for flashing Espressif devices over serial

https://github.com/esp-rs/espflash

sudo pacman -S espflash
  • License: Apache-2.0 AND MIT
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • 2 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Espflash
Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: espflash from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

package graph

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source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Used sources

  • Geiger risk classifier
  • cross-ecosystem install command graph
  • curated configuration and credential file locations
  • curated package history
  • external package-manager database matches
  • pkg.so package database
  • pkgdb category and tag curation